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I dunno, dude had an addiction to painkillers.,,and also got shot and run off the road in Vegas once. Wouldn't call a painkiller-addicted seal/otter/blue furry thing "wholesome". Granted, Carlton literally killed another mascot...though maybe offing Nyisles was a mercy killing.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30857724/espn-baseball-reporter-pedro-gomez-dies-58 Pedro Gomez has passed away.

Guys, look, I "fixed" the Oilers logo by getting rid of that totally lame and outdated font ;

Never as their actual primary logo, though, that experimentation's always been on thirds.

So did I, and I think the logo looks perfectly fine. Do the Islanders need to change their logo just because it's old and I have no context for their dynasty since I grew up seeing them as a punchline? No, because that's the logo that's associated with 4 straight Stanley Cups and some of the best players to ever skate at that time, like Bossy, Trottier, Goring and the like. Same with the Oilers; that logo saw 5 Cups, and probably would've saw a sixth had Roloson not gotten injured in 2006. The Oilers' logo has remained virtually the same for 47 years and counting. It's been worn by legends like Gretzky, Kurri, Coffey, Fuhr, Messier and Anderson to nearly-unparalleled success, and I'd much rather they stick to that tradition than redesign into some kind of silly oil worker logo or go minimalist and completely botch it. We don't need the Oilers going down the road of the Bengals by massively oversimplifying their logo. There's value in tradition. The Flyers have never changed their logo, do we need them to make some dumb modernized version of their logo as the new primary just to say they're "in the 21st century now"?

New home and road jerseys for the Wheat Kings;

One of my biggest issues with their current look is the fact that double-digit numbers overlap the edge of the striping, which really doesn't look that good, to me. The set Philly's using for their Reverse Retro did the same concept better by just widening the entire stripe to fit double-digit numbers perfectly; That fully contains the numbers and makes it so they don't overlap the jersey design for no real reason. That's probably why this is my favourite Flyers jersey, honestly.

This is the same company that has to patch in jerseys that get revealed before the game's release and who still are missing a good chunk of stuff. I think it's fairly easy to assume this is just shameless reuse of the VGK jerseys on their part.

The Pistons don't have LCA listed amongst their stadium logos; it still says they play at The Palace when the Pistons haven't played at the Palace since 2017, and it was just demolished.

And Rich Kotite...and the Sanchize...and of course, the Buttfumble...and passing over Warren Sapp for Kyle Brady...

Ech, disagree; their current homes are fantastic and these would be an enormous downgrade.

I think it could work as an alternate, but not as a primary look; the Bills have a pretty damn good set as is. I'd be down with a red helmet, but there's not much I think needs changing about them nowadays.

Here's the accompanying uniforms.

The Mets are an entirely different scale of Wilponery.

Like, the Lightning were hemorrhaging nearly 20 million dollars a year at one point; and that's in the late 90's, so the equivalent of 30 million dollars per year in more current terms. People were questioning Tampa's viability as a market not so long ago because of how bad things were for the Lightning; and keep in mind this is a team that, in the same decade as people were beginning wondering when they'd move, had won a Stanley Cup. Jeff Vinik acquiring the franchise and turning it from a clownshow into a model organization is probably why the Tampa Bay area even still has an NHL team; and it's an excellent example of how a franchise in a non-traditional market can not only work, but thrive. The Predators did something similar; built a strong team and now the Preds have a diehard and loyal fanbase in a market where not long prior they'd been on the cusp of moving to Hamilton. Tom Dundon's done the same thing for Carolina; built a team that's fun and exciting to watch, and people are coming to see them now when you'd be asking "When are the Hurricanes moving?" not that long beforehand. Turns out, having an org that's not a clownshow is a good way for a team to attract people to their games. That's why Arizona has had trouble. That's why Atlanta failed. It's not just about the market, it's about having a well-run organization.

The New York Knicks. Also, the New York Jets.

This is the big ticket reason; the Coyotes, as historically terribly-run as they are, don't have that problem, since Glendale seems perfectly fine with just constantly re-upping the Coyotes' lease at GRA even if the team is terrible on the ice; plus, Phoenix is a larger media market than Miami-Fort Lauderdale. It makes little sense to move a team that the city is practically paying you to keep around. Plus, expansion to Houston makes more fiscal sense; you know someone would pay the expansion fee to ice a hockey team in Houston, so why waste that sizeable expansion fee and settle for a relocation team? Moving the Cats to Québec makes more sense because, being honest, expansion likely isn't the way to go for that market; the CAD just isn't really strong enough for an expansion QC team and Florida's getting really, really bad in terms of attendance; the Coyotes are trending up in that sense, ala the Hurricanes. If Fertitta thinks he'll be making boatloads of cash once the pandemic subsides, Meruelo should also be making boatloads of cash, since he owns the Sahara and Grand Sierra; once the pandemic subsides, he'll be making gangbusters on tourists who've been spending most of the year stuck in place. I have a feeling that once this all settles down (or, seeing how things have been progressing with this presidency's downplaying, if things settle down), Meruelo will rebound pretty well.

The move from Atlanta to Winnipeg was a move of necessity more than one of will; the NHL's hands were tied due to the circus act Atlanta Spirit was pulling on the franchise's potential buyers. Hell, the entire reason the NHL basically gifted True North the Thrashers was because they had to move the Thrashers from Atlanta or outright fold them; we all know True North's original goal was the old Jets, but the Coyotes, for all their financial turmoil, weren't exactly being kicked out of their own rink with nowhere else to play. They were the easier team to keep around, especially since Glendale was bending over backwards to please the NHL. If ASG doesn't do literally everything in their power to kill the Thrashers and the NHL can get the team sold to new ownership, the Thrashers stay in Atlanta, the Coyotes may or may not have moved (I'd hazard it's pretty possible, but the NHL likely would not have wanted to lose the Phoenix market to Winnipeg if it could be helped) and Winnipeg may or may not still be waiting for a second NHL team.

See, the thing for me is that Phoenix-to-Houston...doesn't really gain the NHL that much in terms of footprint. You're going from the 11th largest TV market to the 8th; a jump of...three spots. There's not really that much of an inherent benefit to Houston over Phoenix in terms of footprint of market. Besides, why waste Houston as a relocation team when it's practically perfect for a nice big chunk of expansion change once this has all blown over? We all know it's basically a given that sports leagues will likely be looking at expansion as a means of recouping from the COVID losses once things are back to normal. Plus, the only arena there'd be is Toyota Center, and no way in hell is Fetitta not leveraged to hell with his purchase of the Rockets and Toyota Center. The only way he'd be able to have a chance at a team is to group together with a bunch of other businessmen and try that; but, at least if I recall correctly, the meetings he had with the BoG weren't the smoothest affairs, and I can't imagine some of his comments went over very well with other owners (that "hockey struggles south of the Mason-Dixie line, and it's a fact" one in particular would likely rub some owners the wrong way). If I'm the NHL, I'm not wasting an easy place to get a big expansion check from as a rebound from a economic downturn on a relocation team which would fetch a significantly smaller fee. Florida-Québec makes more logical sense since there's two of the major components in place; an ownership group that plays by the NHL's rules and an arena up to modern standards; and it's dead-simple to do logistically, since you really only have to edit one name. The main hurdle there, though, is the CAD. Houston, by contrast, has the arena, but ownership is a problem. They want Houston, but do they want it as a relocation? I'm not sure on that.

I don't think so? From everything I'm seeing through my looking online, the Trois-Rivieres ECHL team is still a-go for the 2021-22 season. The Coralville ECHL team just seems to be a new venture entirely for MacDonald.

I dunno, the article calls Coralville an expansion team, not a relocation of the Growlers; Which I believe means MacDonald now has three ECHL teams; the Growlers, the Trois-Rivieres team and the Coralville team. As for location; yeah, it's a suburb of Iowa City.

I mean, there was the Conference Finals run? I guess?

The Coyotes aren't the only team struggling in the pandemic, I should note. Teams like Buffalo and Ottawa have also been taking bad hits from the goings-on; and every Canadian team but the Leafs has been slashing pay as of late. Hell, even teams like Pittsburgh are apparently planning for an internal cap. It's a league-wide issue. I know the Coyotes are apparently the easy punching bag for people because "lOl dEsErt hOcKey", but there's quite a few teams feeling the crunch. If anything, I'd be looking at poor old liver-thieving Eugene's wallet. This whole pandemic has gotta be doing a number on his finances.

Seems the arena for Seattle's AHL affiliate is moving to Palm Desert, and the Native tribe is no longer involved.

And the Reebok set looked like an apron with a blue undershirt. I'd rather a simplified (and I'd argue improved) version of what worked over the peak of Reebok's "piping and no hem stripes" era of design. I'd argue the yeti foot was the poorest-aged part of the identity considering they haven't had a yeti mascot for most of their existence at this point. Howler only lasted like five years, their mascot is currently a St. Bernard...it was long past time to ditch the foot logo and just embrace state iconography. The number font also just looks like a modernized version of their original set, anyways. I don't see what the big deal is. It's the state emblem, not a "sponsorship by Target". I'd argue having it there does a lot more to tie the team's visual identity into their location then a random hairy foot logo ever did. Plus, even if they didn't do well, the Rockies also did the same damn thing with the C on the shoulders; it's a nice way to sort of bridge the two teams together in spirit.